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J. D. GIBBS. TICKET MACHINE. .No. 443,960. Patented Dec. 30, 1890 JAMES D. GIBBS, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

TICKET-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,960, dated December 30, 1890-.

Application filed Iuly 11, 1890i Serial No. 358,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES D. GIBBS, of J effersonville, in the county of Clark and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Ticket-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved ticketprinting machine especially adapted for use by agents in railway tl0k6t-0ffi06$ and among other things my invention has for its object to provide the machine with mechanism by which the place of sale, the destination, and, when desired, the class or quality and number of days limit may be indelibly printed or incribed upon a railway-ticket at one impression, or wherein the place of sale, destination, class, and limit (or any one or more of these features) may be printed upon a ticket at one impression-via, the machine is provided with mechanism so arranged as to print simultaneously a ticket and the stub, thelatterbeing a record of the former.

Another object of my invention is to 'pro vide a machine that will print or inscribe at one impression upon aticket the place of sale, the date of sale, the class, the destination, and limit and special matter (or any one or more of these features) upon a ticket to be sold, to-

gether with features of record desirable to be retained upon the second part or stub.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide mechanism that Will at the moment of impression on the ticket out, break off, or detach said stud or second part, causing the same to drop into a receptacle constructed to receive it; and, finally, the object is to provide a machine by which an agent at a railway ticket-office is enabled to economically, conveniently, and expeditiously print and issue tickets to the traveling public which contain all ordinary information and any desired special information, and thus dispense with the usual ticket-cases.

lVith these and other ends in view the first part of my invention consists, in a ticket-machine, of a destination-wheel arranged to carry type or type-forms for printing at will the names of the various stations of the railroad on a ticket inserted in the machine, and these type or type-forms are removably held or clamped on the destination-wheel, so that any one of the series can be removed and the names of other stations substituted therefor. This destination-wheel is duplicated by providing another wheel of similar form and having the corresponding names of stations in type-forms arranged in the same order thereon, and these two wheels are adapted for simultaneous rotation by a common shaft that carries both wheels, so that the names of the stations can be printed on the ticket and its stub at one impression, suitable de vices being provided for manipulating the destination-wheels and for holding them at rest.

My invention furthercontemplates the use of a limit-wheel situated at one side of the destination-wheels and arranged to print on the ticket at the same moment that the desti nation is described thereon the number of days limit, said limit-Wheel having suitable numerals thereon and adapted for adj ustment or manipulation independently of the adj ustment of the destination wheel or wheels.

Myinvention further consists in the provision of a special drum arranged to print on the ticket any desired special information at the same moment that the destination, limit, date, &c., are inscribed thereon. In the preferred form of the machine I provide two special drums arranged to simultaneously print on the ticket and its stub, and each special drum is constructed to receive type or a type-plate to print any special matter on the ticket not already provided for on the drum, said drum being adapted for manipulation independently of the destinationwheels or the limit-wheel, and designed to be rotated simultaneously through the medium of suitable connecting mechanism or gearing.

My invention further contemplates the employment of a dating-arm adapted to print or inscribe on the ticket the year, month, and day of the month on which the ticket is issued, the name of the issuing office, and the name of the railroad by which the ticket is issued, and, further, in a novel arrangement of the inking contrivance by which the several inscriptions are made visible on the ticket.

My invention further consists in a novel cutting mechanism by which the duplicate part or stub of the ticketis severed or detached from the ticket proper at the same instant that the ticketis printed, which cutting mechanism is arranged for operation without liability to damage the inking-ribbon, and is combined and arranged for independent or conjoint operation with an impression-bed and dating-arm, so that the latter can be depressed without operating the cutting mech anism, which is desirable when the ticket is to be printed without severing a stub, but which cutting mechanism can also be operated jointly with said dating-arm and impression-bed to print the ticket and sever the stub therefrom at one and the same operation.

My invention further consists in the novel combination of devices and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, partially in section, the section being taken on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section taken on line 2 2 of Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3 is a diametrical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig.2. Fig. t'is a perspectix e view of the special drum. Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of the destination-wheel, illustrating the manner of clam ping the type thereon. 'Fig. 6 is a detail per- .spective view of one of the clamps employed in connection with the destination wheel, and Fig. 7 is a per pective view of one of the type adapted for use in connection with the clamp. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the dial of the special drn m. Fig. 9 is a perspective View of the face-plate detached. Fig. 10 is a partial vertical section through a'modified form of the machine. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the machine, illustrating the application thereto of foot-power; and Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 illustrate the blank form of tickets used in connection with the machine and the location of the impressions produced by the machine upon the blanks, the said tickets also representing both round-trip and single blanks.

The casing A of the main body of the machine is preferably made to approximate an oval or spherical contour, and it has-a flat base 10 and a flat upper surface, on'which upper surface is placed a slotted face-plate. presently described. The back 11 of the main body of the machine is preferably made integral with the'base, and within the main body or case A are arranged two vertical partitions 12 and 1 3, likewise made integral with the base and spaced or separated to form the main chambers B B within the casing or main body A of the machine, the chamber B being between the back 11 and the partition 12, and the chamber B being situated between the two partitions 12 13. The outer face of the front partition virtually constitutes the front of the body or casing of the machine, and the partitions 12 13 may or may not extend the full Width of the body, as preferred. Upon the flat surface of the partitions 12 13 is placed a flat horizontal face-plate D, which is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured in place, and it extends beyond the rear partition 12 over the rear compartment or chamber B, but does not entirely cover said rear compartment, a recess 16 being produced in the upper edge of the rear partition 12 and immediately below the hood of the face-plate to permit a stub severed from a ticket to pass into the chamber B,as will appear.

The sides of the body or main casing A of the machine consist of the upper sections 17 and the lower main sections 18, and the forward or front edges of the upper sections'17 are curved inward and downward for a limited distance to form the flanges 17 (see Fig. 1,) and the corresponding edges of the main sections 18 are curved or flanged at 18' inward in like manner, which flanges 17"18', together with a flange 20 on an outwardlycurved extension 19 at the front of the base 10, complete the cylindrical formation or contour of the front of the body or casing A, as seen in Fig. 1, as the side edges of the ex -tension 19 closely contact with the main sections 18 of thebo'dy' or casing. The main side sections 18 are hinged to the base 10, as

illustrated at a in Fig. 3, to enable said sections to be swung outward and permit ready access to one or both of the chambers BB,

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and the upper sections 17 of the sides of the I body are attached to the sides and front of the face-plate D in any suitable manner. The front or forward surface of the side sections 17 of the casing or body are curved downward and inward to form a space or cavity A in the upper part of the cylindrical front of the machine, as clearly shown in Figj], and in order to avoid exposing the interior mechanism of the machine through this cavity a 'I depress the hood 2 of the fixed side sections at each side of the center line of the.

machine and secure such depressed portion to the front partition 13, as indicated at 33 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the contiguous opposed edges of the depressed portions of the side being made to abut.

The hinged main sections 18 of the'bod-y or casing are attached to the upper fixed sections 17 by any approved form of lock '21, and the inner marginal edges of what might be called the front hooded extensions 1'7 18 of the casing and the extension 19 of the base are so concaved that the connected hooded sections form a'completed circle, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in' the upper central portion of which circle the slot or cavity A appears. \Vithin this circle a disk-like index-plate E is held to revolve, which plate is securely attached to the outer extremity ofa horizont tl shaft 14 bya washer 22 and a lock titions 12 13 and extending across the chamdisk 35.

The manipulation of the index-plate is facilitated by the addition of a knob or handle 28. To the hooded extension of the right-hand fixed side section 17 an angled latch-lever 29 is fulcrumed, the vertical member whereof serves as a handle, and the horizontal member is provided with a tooth 30 upon its under edge adapted to enter the space between the teeth of the index-plate, and at the extreme inner end of the horizontal member a downwardlyextending indexhand is attached. The hand 3 is located practically upon a vertical central'linedrawn throughthe machine and serves to indicate the stations, the name of which the machine will print upon the ticket. The tooth of the horizontal member of the latch-lever is normally held in engagement with the index-plate by the pressure of a spring 32 upon the vertical member, which spring may be of any approved form.

Slightly to the left of a vertical line drawn through the machine and in the depression or cavity A of the casing a spindle 3liSjO11P- naled in the upper part of the front partition 13, said spindle extending across a U-shaped recess 15, formed in the upper edge of the front partition 13. To the spindle 3a is secured in full View from the front of the machine a disk 35, constituting a limit-indicator, the said disk having produced thereon numerals representing daysas, for instance, 1 to 90and upon the inner end of the spindle 2% a limit-Wheel 36 is attached, which limit-wheel has formed upon its periphery numerals corresponding in character and position withthe numerals upon the indicating- The disk 35 may be and preferably is provided with a small knob or projection to facilitate the revolution of the spindle.

Immediately at the rear of the front partition 13 in the compartment B a destinationwheel F is-keyed or otherwise secured upon the shaft 14. On a portion of the peripheral surface of this Wheel a series of diametrical channels 37 are produced, the channels upon one side being in alignment with the channels upon the opposite side of the wheel. Upon the periphery of this wheel type is to be set to form the names of the stations indicated upon the index-plate, or a type-plate with suitable inscriptions thereon may be employed, and the position of the names upon the destination-plate corresponds in location with the corresponding name upon the indexplate. Thus, for instance, if the stationnamo Louisville be brought beneath the pointer 31 the Word Louisville, produced in type or on a type-plate upon the destinationwheel will be brought uppermost and will be printed upon the ticket introduced into the machine. I preferably employ a series of removable type which are of peculiar construction, and one of these is represented in detail in Fig. 7, in which it will be observed that the upper portion of the type bearing the letter or character is of less width than the bottom, whereby two side shoulders 39 are formed.

In connection witlrthe type I employ a clamp case or plate 40, which type clamp or case consists of a body portion 1), preferably rectangular, and of .a length corresponding essentially with the width of the peripheral surface of the wheel, the said body being provided with a longitudinal slot or opening I), t

of sufficient width to just receive the reduced letter or character section of the type, so that the said section may extend upward thr ugh the slot or opening I), and theunder surface of the body will rest upon the shoulders 39 of the type. Thebody of the type clamp or case is made of spring metal, and from each end a perpendicular arm b is downwardly projected, the extremities of which arms are curved inward, as illustrated at b in Fig. 6.

In setting up the names of a station in type the type are introduced into the clamp or case in the manner heretofore described and in their proper order, and the bottoms of the type are made to bear upon the peripheral surface of the Wheel, the name reading transversely of said surface, and the center portions of the arms I) of the clamp or case are sprung into opposed recesses or channels 37 of the wheel, and the lower curved portions 12 of said arms extend inward beneath the rim or periphery of said wheel, as shown in Fig. 5, thus effectually clamping the type to place, and yet rendering the removal of said type convenient. By this construction the names of a large number of stationscan be carried on the destination-wheel to be brought into position for use as the agent may require in printing and issuing tickets, and at the same time the name of any station can be quickly taken from the wheel and the name of another station set up, and when the name or names of one'or more stations are removed from the destination-Wheel the names of said stations are also removed from the index-plate.

Near the inner end of the shaft 14, Withinthe compartment 13, a seconddestinationwheel F is secured, and upon its periphery type is set and held,in the manner hereinbefore described, to indicate stations of the same name and location as the stations upon the outer destination-wheel and the index-plate. The inner destination-wheel need not be as wide as the outer wheel, for the reason that the names of the stations may be abbreviated,

the outer destinationwheel being designed to print the names of the stations upon the body of the ticket and the inner whee-l upon its stub.

The face-plate D, as shown in detail in Fig. 9, is provided with a recessed body portion 41 and an integral, longitudinal, and side flanges 42, and the rear end of the body is pressed upward or otherwise manipulated from its under side to form a hood 43, which hood is closed at or near its outer end and preferably upturned at its inner or forward end, which latter features are more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Immediately in front of the hood 43 of the face-plate a longitudinal opening 44 is produced in said face-plate, which is preferably widest at its center and practically of the same width at each end. The front end wall of the opening is, however, provided with a rectangular recess 45. The opening 44 is so located in the face-plate that the limit-wheel 36 revolves in the recess 45 and the character thereon projects above the face-plate. The foward destination-wheel F revolves in the forward end of the opening, and the rear destination-wheel F in the rear end of the same,

The side walls of the widest portion of the opening 44 are provided with depending integral ears 46, and in the upper central portion of said side walls vertical slots 47 are produced, while in the inner faces of the walls recesses 48 are formed, one at each side of said slots, which recesses extend from the upper face of the plate downward into its ears. The recesses 48 are adapted to constitute bearings for the special drums G, one of which is illustrated in detail in Fig. 4. The drums G are preferably polygonal in crosssection and provided with a trunnion 49 at each end, one trunnion having secured thereon a gear-wheel 50. When the drums are made septangular in cross-section, as illustrated, six of the sides may have embossed or otherwise inscribed thereon the following words: On one the word Clergy, on another Special, on another Extra, the next Second Class, the fifth Employ, and the sixth Limited. The remaining side is left blank and is constructed in such a manner that type may be set up therein or a type-plate may be affixed thereto to print any special word or words of limitation, instruction, or explanation. In order that this may be readily accomplished, the blank side of the special drum is provided with a longitudinal recess 51, in which type, preferably of the character heretofore described, may be inserted, and a clamp or case 52, consisting of a skeleton frame, is connected to said drum, said case being preferably hinged at one end wall of the recess and adapted for engagement with any approved form of spring-latch 52 at its opposite end.

It has been heretofore stated that a gear? wheel is fast to one trunnion of each of the drums, and it may be added that upon the other, trunnion a plate 53 is secured, as shown in Fig. 3, shaped to correspond with the crossscctional contour of the drums, and when the drums are journaled in their bearings the upturned ends of a spring 54 (shown in Fig. 9) bear upon the edge faces of the plate 53, whereby some resistance is afforded to the revolution of the drums, and said drums are held stationary until purposely turned. The drums are identically marked, one being adapted to print upon the body of the ticket and the other upon the stub. both simultaneously turned through the nief dium of one spindle 55, which is journaled horizontally, preferably in. the fixed righthand section of the shell or casing and one ear of the faceplate. The spindle has at tached to its inner end a spur-wheel 56, which meshes with the gear-wheel 50 of each drum, and at the outer end of the spindle a disk-like knob 57 is secured, bearing upon its face the Words contained upon the drums and arranged in like order, the position of the blank or recessed face being indicated by an O or other appropriate symbol, as shown in Fig. 8. In the manipulation of the drums whatever word is uppermost upon the index-knob 57 is the word that will be printed upon the ticket and stub.

By reference to the drawings it will be noted thatthe destination-wheels and special drums are arranged transversely in the slots in the face-plate, so as to print in right lines across The drums are the face or back of a ticket; but this is not essential, although I have shown such an arrangement as the preferred embodiment of my invention. I preferably locate the special drums between the two destination-wheels F F to adapt the same to print upon the ticket and stub simultaneously; but such location is not essential, as the same result can be obtained by arranging the special drums outside or on opposite sides of the destinationwheels, although I prefer the compact arrangement herein shown and described as the embodiment of my invention.

A cutting device H is located upon the faceplate transversely of the same, and preferably at or near its center, which device is adapted to sever the stub from the body of the ticket when the desirable matter has been printed thereon. The cutting device consists of a base-plate 58, which is preferably curved laterally near its ends, whereby its central portion is out of alignment with the ends, one upper edge whereof constitutes a cutting-edge. The said base, which is made substantiallyin the form of a bar, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2,1-ests in the slots 47 of the face-plate, and from its right-hand end a curved and longitudinally-slotted standard 50 is upwardly projected, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and

at the opposite end a'shorter standard 60 is formed. One end of a knife 61 is pivoted to the short standard, the other extremity being held to slide in the slot of the longer standard 59,which is accomplished by passing a headed pin or its equivalent through the slot of-the standard into the knife. The knife is shaped ter, a knob 63 is formed or secured, preferably provided with a cover (34 of elastic material, for a purpose hereinafter stated. A rod 65 is supported from the under edge of the baseplate or cutter-bar parallel therewith and extends downward between the special drums G. The cutting device is attached to the faceplate by forming horizontal lugs 66 upon one side at its ends and passing set-screws 67 through said lugs into threaded apertures 68, produced in the face-plate, which latter are shown in Fig. 9.

At the upper portion of the back of the body shell or casing of the machine one end of a dating-arm K is pivoted, which arm is curved over the face-plate, and its forward end, which is provided at its top with a knob 69, is normally sustained in an elevated position by a suitable mechanism. The mechanism usually employed consists informing upon the under surface of the arm near its pivotal point a downwardly and forwardly extending finger 70, apertured at its front end to slide upon an upwardly-inclined pin 71, secured to the inner face of the back 11, against the resistance of a spring 72, coiled around said pin, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In a recess 73, formed in the front face of the dating-arm, the dating mechanism K is located. This mechanism consists of a spindle 74, held to turn in the recess, having attached to its outer face a dial-plate 75, upon which dial-plate are produced numerals rang ing from 1 to 31, indicating days, and the said dial is extended to indicate to the operator the figure upon the disk 76,integral with and upon the lower edge of the front wall of the recess a metal block or die 77 is attached,

which block or die bears upon its under face, the name of the station at which the machine is used.

Back of the front wall of the recess a disk 79 is held to turn upon the spindle 74, which disk has formed upon its front face at the periphery the abbreviations of the months of the year, these abbreviated names of the months being visible as the disk is turned through an opening 80, formed in the front end of the dating-arm, as shown in Fig. 1, and

correspondingabbreviations are formed upon This disk 76 isv the periphery of the disk for the purpose of printing the same upon the ticket. This disk is secured in position usually bypassing a pin 81 throughthe opening v into one of a series of apertures formed in the disk, one aperture being preferably made to follow each name, and between the day-disk 76, attached to the spindle 74, and the rear Wall of the recess a disk 82 is held to revolve upon the spindle, which disk has formed upon its periphery figures denoting a year or years. The rear or year disk is usually held from turning by introducing a pin therein passed through the rear wall of the recess 73, as is also best shown in Fig.2.

WVithin the chamber or compartment B upon the rear face of the rear partition 12 a drum 83 is pivoted in suitable brackets, which drum is provided with an attached ratchetwheel 84, engaged by a pawl 85', pivoted upon the finger 70 of the dating-arm. Upon the drum SSone end of an inking-ribbon 86 is secured, the said ribbon being adapted to be wound upon the drum 83 at each movement of the dating-arm, from a drum 87, journaled in front of the dating mechanism in brackets attached to the dating-arm, this latter drum 87 being provided with an attached spindle 88, having a thumb-disk at one end to enable the operator to rewind the ribbon upon the upper drum when exhausted therefrom. The ribbon is passed from the drum 83 over the faceplate in contact with the type-surface of the rear destination-wheel, thence over the rear special drum, down under and in contact with the cutter-bar, and between said bar and the rod 65 of the cutting mechanism, thence passing upward therefrom in contact with the forward destination-wheel and the limit-wheel, thence around a friction-pulley 89, journaled in the recessed portion of the forward partition, from which friction-roller the ribbon is returned in the direction in Which it was carried forward over a friction-pulley 90, journaled upon the upper surface of the rear partition 12, thence under a friction-pulley 91, attached to the rear wall of the body shell or casing, and over a series of friction-pulleys 92, attached to the under side'of the datingarm, downward in contact with the dating mechanism and upward to an attachment with the upper drum 87 on the'dating-arm.

The rod 65 of the cutting mechanism effectually keeps the ribbon out of the track of the knife 61, and as the ribbon is taut and is attached atits endsto the drums 83 87 the bar 65 exerts such tension upon the ribbon that when the thumb-screws 67 of the cutting mechanism are loosened the said mechanism is automatically carried upward, and is thereby readily removed with the ribbon attached thereto, in order to introduce any special matter into the recessed faces 51 of the special drums. The dial plate 75 is provided with a series of peripheral notches adapted for engagement by a spring-pressed pawl 94, pivoted to the front of the datingarm, the object of the pawl being to retain the dial in its set posizion. An impressionarm M is pivoted upon the same pin as the dating-arm K, which impression-arm usually consists of two members 05, one located at each side of the dating-arm and connected at the top by a yoke 06, extending over the dating-arm, and an impression-table 07, connecting the bottom edges beneath said arm, the impression-table and members 05 being made to terminate at their forward ends slightly at the rear of the dating mechanism. The impression-table is arched upward at its center, as shown at 98 in Fig. 2, and the said arch is preferably provided with a flexible cushion 99, and is so located that the cushion when the impression-arm is carried downward contacts with the cushion of the knife-knob 63, and carries the knife-knob downward to sever thestub from the ticket simultaneously with the printing of the same. The impressionarm is adjustable by the manipulation of a set-screw 100, passing through the yoke to a contact with the top of the dating-arm.

It will be observed that the dating-arm is adapted for use independently of the cutting mechanism, and that it may be employed to date a ticket without calling into operation the impression-arm; but when the latter is pressed downward the dating-arm is compelled to follow. The impression-arm is usually brought into action by pressure upon a knob 101, attachedat the front, either to one or to both sides; but if found desirable a treadle 102 may be employed, as shown in Fig. 21, connected by a pitman 103 with a horn 104:, carried rearward from the impression-arm; but when the treadle is used the machine is preferably mounted upon'a standard 105 or other support.

The ticket to be printed is pushed over the face-plate and the lower cutter-plate 58, beneath the hood of the former, and when the ticket is provided with a stub the end of the stub, when the ticket is in position for printing, contacts with the rear end of the hood. In order that the ticket may be properly guided when placed upon the face-plate, guideways 106 are attached to the flanges of the face-plate, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and stops 107 may also be attached to the face-plate to limit the rearward movement of the ticket when a stub is not used, as is shown in the same figure and likewise in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 101 have illustrated a modification of the machine, which modification consists in locating the dating mechanism K in the body of the machine at its front. In the form of machine heretofore described the dating mechanism is placed in the dating-arm. Thus the date is printed upon the back of the ticket, while in the modification the location of the dating mechanism enables the operator to print the date upon the face of the ticket. The datingmechanism in the modification is essentially the same as that shown in the main views, the station and the railroad being produced upon dies located upon an extension of the front partition 13 between the dial of the limit-wheel and the limit-wheel itself, and between these two dies revoluble disks are loosely mounted upon a suitable core, bearing upon their peripheral surfaces one the month,

the next the day of the month, and the third the year. IVhen the dating mechanism is located in the body, the front lower edge of the arm K serves as an impression-table, and when the arm is carried downward the impression-table carried by said arm is made to contact with the back of the ticket immediately over the dating mechanism.

In Fig. 12 I have illustrated a round-trip ticket provided with a stub adapted to be filled in by the machine illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In Fig. 13 a single ticket containing a stub is illustrated. In Fig. 14: the back of the tickets shown in Figs. 12 and 13 is illustrated, having produced thereon the date. In Fig. 15 the blank of the round-trip ticket used in connection with the modified form of the machine is illustrated, and in Fig. 16 a single-trip ticket also adapted to be printed upon the modified form of the machine is shown. It will be observed that in the round-trip ticket 108 (illustrated in Fig. 12) the stub 109 has a blank upon which the name of the station is produced by the machine, and upon the score-line 111 of said ticket the cut is made by the knife 61. Unon the main ticket, which is made in two sections 112 and 113, a space 114 is lelt,in which the name of the station to which the ticket entitles the traveler to journey is produced by the machine. The single ticket 116 (shown in Fig. 13) is identical in construction with the ticket shown at 112, with the exception that but one blank 114is to be filled in. In the ticket 117 (shown in Fig. 15) the stub 109 is the same as in the tickets shown in Figs. 12 and 13, and likewise the body of the ticket; but between the two tickets in the roundtrip form two spaces 118 are formed, in which the dating mechanism makes the impression of the date. The single ticket 119 (illustrated in Fig. 16) is alikein form with that shown at 116, with the exception that one perfect ticket only, which represents a single trip, is used in connection with the stub.

In operation the ticket to be printed, as heretofore stated, is placed upon the faceplate, and in the preferred form of the machine, in which the dating mechanism is located above the body, the knob 101 is pressed downward, whereupon the proper impressions are made in the suitable spaces. of the ticket and upon the stub, and the knife severs the stub simultaneously with the impressions from the main ticket, which stub drops downward into the chamber 13 and may be removed for the purpose of making a count. by opening either of the hinged sides of the body.

When a round-trip ticket is to be printed, after one ticket and stub have been placed upon the table the form is reversed and the of a separate application filed by me-on December 6, 1890, and which bears Serial No. 373,780..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a type-wheel, the removable type resting on the exterior periphery of the wheel, and a clamp or case which receives the type within itself and engages the typewheel by frictional contact to hold the type on the periphery of said wheel, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-carrying wheel, of type located upon the periphery thereof, and a type clamp or case which receives the type within itself and is provided with springarms which straddle the type-wheel and operate to hold the said type-case and the type in a fixed position thereon, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-carrying wheel provided with recesses in the lateral faces thereof, of type located upon the periphery of said type-wheel, and a type clamp or case which engages the type firmly and is provided with spring-arms adapted to enter the recesses of the wheel, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-carrying wheel and type of less width at the face than at the bottom, of a type clamp or case consisting of a skeleton frame which receives the type and permits the same to project through and beyond the face of said clamp, and provided with spring-arms attached to the frame, which clamp the case and the type upon the periphery of the type-wheel, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a type-wheel, two or more series of type seated on the periphery of said wheel, and the individual type having the faces thereof of less cross-sectional area than the bases, and two or more slotted clamps or cases resting on the shoulders of the type and having the faces of the type extending through the slot therein, substantially as shown and described. a

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a type-wheel, two or more series of type resting on the periphery of the type-wheel, the individual type being of less cross-sectional area at the face than at the bottom, whereby side shoulders are formed, two or more type clamps or cases, each consisting of a plate adapted to rest upon the shoulders of the type and provided with a slot to receive said type, and means for holding each type-case in fixed engagement with the type-wheel, as and for the purpose specitied.

7. In a machine of the characterdescribed, the combination of a type-wheel, the type mounted on the periphery thereof, and the exterior case or clamp constructed to engage and hold said type and having means to hold itself rigidly on the type-wheel by frictional contact therewith, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-wheel, of two or more removable cases or clamps held in a fixed position on said wheel, and the series of shouldered type resting on the exterior periphery of the wheel and arranged within slots in the type cases or clamps and removable from the same, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-whcel, of removable type mounted on the periphery of said wheel, and a case which is clamped to the face and periphery of said Wheel and engages the type to hold the samein a fixed position thereon, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a destination-wheel having suitable inscriptions on its periphery, of a limit-wheel adjacent to the destinationwheel, for inscribing on the ticket a timelimit within which the ticket is valid, an inking device, and a movable impression-table carrying a dating mechanism forinscribing on the ticket the date of sale thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

11. In a machine of the characterdescribed, the combination of a shaft protruding at one end beyond the machine, a destination-wheel mounted thereon within the casing of the machine, having names of stations upon its periphery, and an index-plate attached to the extended end of said shaft, having produced thereon the names of stations corresponding in designation and sequence wit-h the stations upon the desti nation-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

12. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a shaft, separate destination-wheels mounted thereon at a suitable distance from each other, having the same names and stations upon their peripheries, and an exterior index-plate secured to the extended end of said shaft, bearing designations correspondin gin character and sequence with the designations of the destination-wheel, of an inking device and an impression-table located above said wheels and carrying the dating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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i In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a shaft, destinationwheels mounted thereon, having the same names of stations upon their peripheries, and an index-plate secured to said shaft bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with the designations ot the destination-wheel, of an inking device, a cutting mechanism located between the wheels, and an i mpression-table, substantiallyas specified.

1%. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-wh eels and an index-plate adapted for simultaneous revolution with the destination-wheels, and bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with the designations on the destination-wheels, of an inkin g device, a cutting mechanism, a removable impression-tablemounted over the destination-wheels, and means whereby the impression-table may be operated independently of the cutting mechanism or jointly therewith, substantially as described.

' 15. In a ticket'printing machine, the combination, with destination-wheels arranged for simultaneous rotation and operating devices therefor, of an impression-table and cutting mechanism situated between said destin ation-wheels and constructed for operation jointly with the impression-table, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

10. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a destination-wheel having the names or name of stations upon its periphery,

of the destination-wheel and adapted to be rotated on its axis separately from the adj ustments of the destination-wheel, an inking device, and an impression table or bed, substantially as described.

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-Wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums carrying special characters or words, and means, substantially as shown and described, for operating said drums independently of said destination-wheels, as and for the purpose specified.

19. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums carrying special characters or words, located between the destination-wheels, and a cutting mechanism, the knife of which is located over and between the drums, substantially as specified.

20. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums having special characters or Words produced upon various of their faces and located between the destination-wheels, the said drums being provided with type-receiving recesses on one or more of their faces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

21. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries,and an index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums polygonal in cross-section carrying special characters or words upon various of their faces and having a type-receiving recess in one or more of their faces, and a type clamp or case connected to one of the recessed faces, substantially as shown and described.

22. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with d estimation-wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries,and an index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums having special words or characters produced thereon,and means for operating said drums independently of the destination-wheels, a cutting mechanism located above the wheels and drums provided with a pendent bar extending downward between the drums, and a knife above the bar in essentially vertical alignment therewith, an inking-ribbon extending over the Wheels and drums and under the bar of the cutting mechanisnnand an impressiontable located above the ribbon, substantially as shown and described.

23. In a machine of the character described, a drum polygonal in cross-section, having words or characters produced upon several of its faces and provided with a recess in one or more of its faces adapted to receive type, and the slotted clamp or case attached to the drum for holding the type thereon and arranged relatively to the drum and type to permit said type to project through the slot therein, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

24. In a ticket-printing machine, a polygonal drum having words or characters upon several of its faces and a blank space or spaces too - on other faces thereof, type applied tosaid blank face or facesof the drum, and aslotted case for holding said type on the face or faces of said drum, as and for the purpose described.

25. In a ticket-printing machine, a polygo nal drum having words or characters upon several of its faces and having a blank space or spaces, type applied to said blank space to provide special matter to be printed on a ticket, and the slotted clamp connected to the drum and engaging the type to hold the latter in a fixed position on said drum, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

26. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a slotted flat face-plate on which a ticket is placed to be printed, a destination-wheel having inscriptions on its periphery and projected through the slot in said face-plate, anda special drum journaled in said face-plate and situated at one side of the destination-wheel, substantially as described.

27. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with two spaced destinatiom wheels and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, an d special drums journaled in said face-plate between said wheels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

28. In amachine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced destinationwheels and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums arranged in the slot of said face-plate between said wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-plate, an impression-table, and means, substantially as described, for operating the cutting device and impression table, substantially as described.

29. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with two spaced destinationwheels and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted and hooded face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums journaled in the said faceplate between the said wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-plate, a dating mechanism,an impression-table, and a spring-controlled arm connected with the impressiontable by devices which permit the arm to be operated simultaneoiisly with the cutting mechanism or independently of the same, substantially as described.

30. In amachine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced destinationwheel and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted and hooded face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums journaled in said face-plate between the wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-plate provided with an attached guide-bar extending downward and between the drums, a dating mechanism, an inking-ribbon passed over the destination-wheels, the

drums and dating mechanism, and under the guide-bar, an impression-table, and a pivoted arm connected'with'said table, as and for the purpose specified.

3 l. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced destinationwheels, a limit-wheel, an index-plate connected with the spaced destination-wheels, and a pivoted arm located above the said wheels, of a slotted and hooded face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums journ aled in said face-plate between the destination-wheels, a dating mechanism, a cutting device attached to the face-plate and pro- Vided with an attached guide-bar extending downward and between the drums, an inkingribbon passed over the destination-wheels, the limit-wheel, the dating mechanism, and under the guide-bar, and a pivoted impression-table provided with an arched under surface for contact with the cutting mechanism, and a connection, substantially as shown and described, between the impression-table and the pivoted arm, whereby the said arm may be used independently of the impression-table or the two may be used simultaneously, as specified.

32. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a face-plate, the destination-wheels, a cutting device attached to said face-plate and operating between the destination'wheels, an inking-ribbon arranged out of the path of the cutting device and passing over the destination-wheels, and an impression-bed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

33. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a faceplate, the destination-wheels in a slot in said face-plate, a cutting device situated between the destination-wheels and having the stationary bar rigid with the faceplate, and a movable knife, and a dating-arm connected with the movable knife of the cutting mechanism by devices which permit said arm to be operated jointly with the cutting mechanism or independently of the same, substantially as described.

34:. In a ticket-printing machine, the combi nation of a face-plate, the destination-wheels, the cutting device attached to said face-plate between said wheels and having a depending rigid bar, an inking-ribbon passing over the destination-wheels and beneath the pendent bar of the cutting mechanism, and an impression-table, substantially as described.

35. In a ticket printing machine, the combination of a face-plate, the printing-wheels, a movable impression-bed, a cutting device situated between the printing-wheels and having its movable knife arranged in the path of the impression-bed, and a dating-arm adapted to be depressed independently of the cutting mechanism or simultaneously therewith, substantially as described.

36. In a ticket-printin g machine, the combination of a face-plate, printing-wheels, a cut- IIO ting device situated between the heels and In testimony whereof I affix my signature in having a bar rigid with the face-plate, and a presence "of two witnesses.

movable knife pivoted to said plate, a datingarm, a pivoted arm having a saddle which fits JAMES D. GIBBS. over the dating-arm,and an impression-bed arranged over the movable knife of the cutting \Vitnesses:

mechanism and rigid with the pivoted arm, R. J. CURRAN,

substantially as described. V. R. \VALTER. 

